H-1B wage filings in Cupertino, CA
Jobs with a worksite in Cupertino, California. Filings decided July 2025 to June 2026.
3,650 wage applications for H-1B and similar visas named Cupertino, CA as the worksite from July 2025 to June 2026, from 199 employers. The median offered wage was $181,100, exactly the government's prevailing wage, the legal minimum, for those jobs in the area. The most-filed job was Software Development Engineering (360).
- Filings
- 3,650
- Positions covered
- 10,398
- Employers
- 199
- Median offered
- $181,100
- Median prevailing wage
- $175,053
- Filings since FY2020
- 21,116
- Median offer change since FY2020
- +17%
Offered wage since 2020
The median wage offered for jobs in Cupertino, CA rose 17%, from $155,000 in fiscal 2020 to $181,100 in fiscal 2026 so far. In fiscal 2026 it sat exactly on the prevailing wage. Filings peaked in fiscal 2022, with 3,569 filings.
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wageFilings per year
Fiscal years run October to September. Fiscal 2026 is still running: these figures cover October 2025 to June 2026.
Cupertino, CA by fiscal year
| Fiscal year | Filings | Median offered | vs year before | Median prevailing | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 (Oct to Jun) | 2,843 | $181,100 | no change | $174,149 | at the minimum |
| 2025 | 3,475 | $181,100 | +3.5% | $176,696 | at the minimum |
| 2024 | 2,406 | $174,900 | −0.1% | $166,962 | at the minimum |
| 2023 | 2,722 | $175,000 | +2.0% | $164,050 | +2.5% |
| 2022 | 3,569 | $171,500 | +6.4% | $151,687 | +8.1% |
| 2021 | 3,028 | $161,125 | +4.0% | $145,725 | +8.3% |
| 2020 | 3,073 | $155,000 | n/a | $122,408 | +24.2% |
Employers filing for jobs in Cupertino
Middle half of offered wagesMedian offered wageMedian prevailing wage
Showing the 25 employers with the most filings of 199. Employers with fewer than 5 filings in total are counted but not named.
Most-filed job titles in Cupertino
| Job title | Filings | Median offered | Offered range and prevailing wage | vs prevailing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Software Development Engineering | 360 | $187,741 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineering Systems | 298 | $181,100 | at the minimum | |
| Machine Learning | 169 | $196,833 | at the minimum | |
| Software Engineering Applications | 135 | $203,794 | at the minimum | |
| Software Development Engineer - Test | 84 | $181,222 | at the minimum | |
| Module Design Engineer | 74 | $158,808 | at the minimum | |
| Tools and Automation Engineer | 73 | $177,681 | at the minimum | |
| Software Developer | 57 | $169,262 | at the minimum | |
| Software Dev Engineer II | 56 | $187,741 | +4.0% | |
| Data Scientist | 49 | $174,933 | at the minimum | |
| Hardware Systems Engineering | 48 | $186,214 | at the minimum | |
| Strategic Sourcing Manager | 44 | $157,200 | +8.5% | |
| Design Verification | 39 | $171,677 | at the minimum | |
| Engineering Project/Program | 39 | $172,100 | at the minimum | |
| System Product Design Engineer | 39 | $181,100 | at the minimum | |
| Wireless Systems Validation Engineer | 39 | $181,100 | at the minimum | |
| Software Development Engineering Manager | 36 | $239,019 | at the minimum | |
| Machine Learning Engineer | 34 | $193,978 | at the minimum | |
| FE Engineering | 30 | $176,119 | at the minimum | |
| Machine Learning Research | 30 | $189,878 | at the minimum | |
| Software Development Engineer - Firmware | 29 | $196,409 | at the minimum | |
| Electronics Engineer | 26 | $156,853 | at the minimum | |
| Hardware Tech EPM | 26 | $172,100 | +1.4% | |
| Manufacturing Quality | 26 | $153,619 | at the minimum | |
| Product Design Engineering | 26 | $185,869 | at the minimum | |
Seniority of the jobs filed
The government assigns each job one of four wage levels. A higher level means a higher legal minimum.
What these numbers are
- They are wages employers attested to on Labor Condition Applications (Form ETA-9035), not paychecks. Bonuses and stock are not included.
- A filing is not a visa or a hire. One filing can cover several positions, and some are later withdrawn. Wage figures use certified filings only.
- The prevailing wage is the minimum the employer must pay for that job in that area, set from government wage surveys.
- The city is the worksite on the filing, which can be a client's office or a remote worker's home, not the employer's headquarters.
Source: U.S. Department of Labor, OFLC disclosure data. How we clean and count it.